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Revision as of 14:18, 15 May 2009

This is a list of blues CDs that include mandolin, organized by musician or the group with whom they played. There is also some instructional material listed and some non-blues material.

Blues

Howard Armstrong

Carl Martin / Willie '61' Blackwell 1930 - 1941 Document DOCD-5229
Louie Bluie - Arhoolie 470 Soundtrack from Terry Zwigoff 1985 documentary
Martin Bogan and Armstrong / That Old Gang of Mine (Martin, Bogan and the Armstrongs) Flying Fish 70003, 1992; a re-release of two LPs combined on one CD
Louie Bluie (Howard Armstrong and friends) Blue Suit Records, 1995

w/ Paul Geremia - Self Portrait in Blues. Red House. Howard plays mandolin on a couple tunes including Charlie Patton's Shake It and Break It.

Birmingham Jug Band

Band listed as possibly Jaybird Coleman (hca), Joe Williams, One-Armed Dave Miles, Dr. Scott, and Bogus Ben Covington gtr/mand., Honeycup (jug), New Orleans Slide (washboard). It doesn't sound like Coleman at all.
Jaybird Coleman and the Birmingham Jug Band DOCD 5140

Lonnie Coleman

banjo-mandolin
Sinners and Saints 1926 - 1931 Document DOCD-5106 (Two tracks from 1929 Old Rock Island Blues / Wild About My Loving)

Dallas String Band

Coley Jones, mandolin
Texas Black Country Dance Music Document 1927-35 DOCD-5162

King David's Jug Band

Sam Jones (Stovepipe No. 1) vocals and stovepipe, David Crockett guitar, with unknown mandolin player
Stovepipe No. 1 & David Crockett 1924 - 1930 Document DOCD-5269
Cincinnati Blues. Catfish Records
2 tracks also on Ruckus Juice and Chittlins Vol. 2. Yazoo

Bobby Leecan's Need More Band

Alfred Martin - mandolin
Leecan & Cooksey Vol. 2 1927-28 DOCD-5279

Furry Lewis

Charles Johnson - mandolin on Everybody's Blues, Mr. Furry's Blues, and Sweet Papa Moan
Furry Lewis 1927-29 DOCD-5004
Masters of Memphis Blues - JSP 7725

Carl Martin

Carl Martin - Crow Jane Blues - Testament CD (with Johnny Young)

Charlie McCoy

Charlie McCoy - Complete Recorded Works 1928 - 1932 Document BDCD-6018

Charlie & Joe McCoy
Charlie & Joe McCoy - Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Vol. 1 (1934-1936) Document BDCD-6019
Charlie & Joe McCoy - Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Vol. 2 (1936-1944) Document BDCD-6020

Mississippi String Bands & Associates 1928 - 1931 Document BDCD-6013 - Mississippi Mud Steppers (McCoy and Bo Carter), Mississippi Blacksnakes

w/ Bo Carter
Bo Carter - Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1928-1931) Document DOCD-5078
Bo Carter - Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 5 (1938-1940) Document DOCD-5082

w/ Walter Vinscon
Walter Vinscon - Complete Recorded Works (1928-1941) Document DOCD-6017 Chatman's Mississippi Hot Footers

w/ Ishman Bracey
Ishman Bracey/Charley Taylor - Complete Recorded Works (1928-1929) Document DOCD-5049

w/ Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe
Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe - Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 4 (1933-1934) Document DOCD-5031

w/ Memphis Minnie
Memphis Minnie - Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 4 (1938-1939) Document DOCD-6011
Memphis Minnie - Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 5 (1940-1941) Document DOCD-6012

w/ The Harlem Hamfats
Harlem Hamfats - Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Vol. 1 (1936) Document DOCD-5271
Harlem Hamfats - Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Vol. 2 (1936-1937) Document DOCD-5272
Harlem Hamfats - Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Vol. 3 (1937-1938) Document DOCD-5273
Harlem Hamfats - Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Vol. 4 (1938-1939) Document DOCD-5274
Harlem Hamfats - Hamfat Swing 1936-1938 EPM Musique BC158932

w/ Big Bill Broonzy
Big Bill Broonzy - Complete Recorded Works, Vol.5 (1936-1937) Document DOCD-5127

w/ Mattie Hardy
Swingin' The Blues 1931 - 1939

w/ Monkey Joe (Jessie Coleman)
Monkey Joe Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1 1935-39 DOCD-5412

w/ Curtis Jones
Curtis Jones - Complete Recorded Works Vol 1 1937 - 1938 DOCD-5296
Curtis Jones - Complete Recorded Works Vol 2 1938 - 1939 DOCD-5297

Memphis Jug Band

Vol Stevens on banjo-mand; Charlie Burse, mand.; Will Weldon, mand.

Memphis Jug Band Complete Recorded Works Vol 1 1927 - 1928 Document DOCD-5021
Memphis Jug Band Complete Recorded Works Vol 2 1928 - 1929 Document DOCD-5022
Memphis Jug Band Complete Recorded Works Vol 3 1930 Document DOCD-5023
Memphis Jug Band - The Story 1927-34 Blues Collection EPM
Best of the Memphis Jug Band Yazoo 2059

Memphis Minnie

Minnie plays mandolin on one song, "After While Blues".
Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe Vol. 3 1931-32 DOCD-5030

Al Miller

Al Miller, mandolin
Al Miller Complete Recorded Works 1927-1936 Document DOCD 5306

Matthew Prater

String Bands 1926-29 DOCD-5167 Matthew Prater & Nap Hayes
Violin Sing the Blues for Me. Old Hat Records. Violin Blues, Johnson Boys with Lonnie Johnson

Yank Rachell

Complete Works V.1 1934-1938 Wolf Records
Complete Works V.2 1934-1941 Wolf Records
Sleepy John Estes Complete Recorded Works Vol 1 1929-1937 Document DOCD-5015
Chicago Style (on Delmark)
Tennesee Jug Busters (on Delmark)
Too Hot for the Devil (on Flat Rock)
"Yank Rachell" (the Blue Goose album - released on CD by Random Chance)
"Yank Rachell: Blues Mandolin Man" (Blind Pig - also released on CD by Random Chance)
w/ John Sebastian and the J-Band - Chasin' Gus' Ghost and I Want My Roots
Henry Townsend - Mule, Nighthawk Records

Walter Taylor

The mandolin player on Taylor's recordings is unknown
John Byrd and Walter Taylor Complete Recorded Works 1929- 1931 Story of Blues 3517-2

Three Stripped Gears

RW Durden on mandolin
"Hokum Blues & Rags" Document DOCD-5392
Rounder's "Early Mandolin Classics"
Too Late Too Late Vol 6 1924 - 1946 Document DOCD-5461

Compilations and Miscellaneous

Rags, Breakdowns, Stomps & Blues: Vintage Mandolin Music 1927-1946 Document DOCD-32-20-3

Mandolin Blues - Testament CD - Yank Rachell, Johnny Young, Willie Hatcher, Ted Bogan, Carl Martin.

Early Mandolin Classics, Vol. 1 Rounder

Violin, Sing the Blues for Me. Old Hat Records - has numerous tunes with mandolin including Johnson Boys (Prater), Mississippi Mud Steppers (McCoy), Tommie Bradley (Eddie Dimmett, mand.), Bo Chatman/Carter/Mississippi Sheiks (McCoy), Mobile Strugglers (Lee Warren).

Earliest Black String Bands Vol 1 (DOCD-5622) - 14 songs by Ciro's Club Coon Orchestra feature mandolin banjo in a string band setting.

White Country Blues 1926-1938 A Lighter Shade of Blue - Columbia Legacy. Includes Prairie Ramblers - Jug Rag / Deep Elem Blues with Chick Hurt on mand. Callahan Brothers - Somebody's Been Using That Thing, Roy Hobbs on mand. Allen Brothers - Drunk and Nutty Blues / Chattanooga Mama, with Austin Allen on tenor banjo/banjo mandolin.

Contemporary Players

Steve James - Boom Chang, Art and Grit, Fast Texas, Tonight (w/ Del Rey)
Alvin Youngblood Hart - Down in the Alley
Tim Williams - Riverboat Rendezvous, Indigo Incident, Evenings Among Friends
Ry Cooder - Boomer's Story, Into The Purple Valley
Rich Del Grosso - Get Your Nose Outta My Bizness
Bert Deivert - Takin' Sam's Advice

Old-Time, Early Country and Miscellaneous

Allen Brothers

The Allen Brothers played old-time and blues-influenced songs. Austin Allen on tenor banjo/banjo mandolin
The Chattanooga Boys Allen Brothers Vol 1 1927 - 1930 Document DOCD-8033
The Chattanooga Boys Allen Brothers Vol 2 1930 - 1932 Document DOCD-8034
The Chattanooga Boys Allen Brothers Vol 3 1932 - 1934 Document DOCD-8035

Kentucky Ramblers

Mountain Blues - Blues, Ballads and String Bands, JSP. Ginseng Blues.
The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of, Yazoo. Ginseng Blues.
Paramount Old-Time Recordings, JSP. Various tracks.

Prairie Ramblers

Chick Hurt, mandola
Mountain Blues - Blues, Ballads and String Bands, JSP. Deep Elum Blues, Kentucky Blues, Go Easy Blues.

Three Tobacco Tags

Mountain Blues - Blues, Ballads and String Bands, JSP. V8 Blues, Reno Blues, and Jersey Bull Blues.

Instructional Material

Learn to Play Blues Mandolin Vol 1 - Steve James [Homespun Tapes]. Instructional DVD. Includes Divin’ Duck Blues, The Lonesome Train That Carried My Gal Away, Juanita Stomp, Saturday Night in Jail, Shotgun Blues
Learn to Play Blues Mandolin Vol 2 - Steve James [Homespun Tapes]. Instructional DVD. Includes Jackson Stomp, Prater Blues, Corrina,Corrina, Sittin’ On Top of the World, Long As I Can See You Smile and Texas Tommy.
Mandolin Blues - From Memphis to Maxwell Street. Rich Del Grosso. Hal Leonard publications. Book w/ CD, Hal Leonard ISBN 978-0-634-07249-9

Other Mandolin styles

BILL MONROE
The Music of Bill Monroe from 1936 to 1994 (Bill Monroe and various bands) MCA 11048, 1994
The Essential Bill Monroe & the Monroe Brothers (Bill Monroe and various bands) RCS 67450-2; 1997 (a BMG release).

DAVID GRISMAN
Tone Poems - The Sounds of the Great Vintage Guitars and Mandolins (David Grisman and Tony Rice) Acoustic Disc ACD-10, 1994.
Tone Poems II - The Sounds of the Great Jazz Guitars, Mandolins, Mandolas & Mandocellos (David Grisman and Martin Taylor) Acoustic Disc ACD-18, 1995.
Tone Poems III - The Sounds of the Great Slide and Resophonic Instruments (Mike Auldridge, Bob Brozman and David Grisman) Acoustic Disc ACD-42, 2000.
Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza (Sam Bush, David Grisman, Ronnie McCoury, Ricky Skaggs, and many others) 2 CD set, Acoustic Disc ACD-35, 1999.

TIM O'BRIEN
Hard Year Blues (Flying Fish FF 70319, 1984), includes Twelve Gates to the City.
Real Time (Howdy Skies HS-1003, 2000), includes Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning.
Red on Blonde (Sugar Hill SHCD-3853, 1996), includes an assortment of Bob Dylan compositions.

JOHN REISCHMAN
John Reischman & John Miller - The Singing Moon CORVUS-CD004
John Reischman and John Miller - Bumpy Road

MIKE COMPTON AND DAVID LONG
Stomp

CRAIG VENTRESCO
Craig Ventresco and Meredith Axelrod